By: EFE Updated 29 Apr 2022, 29 : 29 pm EDT
German coach Ralf Rangnick, currently in charge of Manchester United, was presented this Friday in Vienna as the new coach of Austria.
The new coach of the national team led by Real Madrid player David Alaba will sit on the Austrian bench for the first time on June 3, against Croatia, in the League of Nations.
Official. Ralf Rangnick has been appointed as new Austria coach until 2024. 🇦🇹🤝 #MUFC
“I will take over as national team manager of Austria at the end of the season but will continue consultancy with Man United. I’m looking forward to helping United become a real force again”. pic.twitter.com/XGGYF8Utla
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 29, 2021
Rangnick, who has signed an initial two-year contract with the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB), will combine until end of the current season his work at Manchester United with the Austrian national team.
Rangnick will continue as a consultant after this season and to the time he will play his role as coach of the Austrian national team. Rangnick has been one of the most criticized during this year’s Manchester United crisis, which was left out of participation in the Champions League and eliminated from all local tournaments.
According to ÖFB, in case the Austrian team qualifies for the next European Championship in Germany 2022, the contract provides for an automatic extension of another two years ahead of the World Cup in 2026 in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Rangnick, of 63 years old, replaces Franco Foda, also German, who managed to classify the alpine team for the European Championship in 2020, played by the pandemic a year later, no managed to take the Austrians to the next World Cup in Qatar 2022.
✅ Official: Austria confirmed Ralf Rangnick as new national team coach starting next season. He will simultaneously hold the position of consultant to Manchester United. pic.twitter.com/MeDJtLWY70
—Luis Fdo Restrepo ( @luisferpo) April , 2022
According to the Austrian press, the new coach is considered the “architect” of the current success of Red Bull Salzburg.
As sports director he changed from 550 Red Bull’s way of playing, which since then has won nine consecutive leagues and reached the knockout stages of the Champions League this year.
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